Harrisburg's children need parental supervision

As a former resident of Harrisburg for 25 years and an employee of the Harrisburg School District for 13 years, I take offense to Bernard Richardson's comment (July 19) regarding teen crime that, "They need to have more programs. ..."

The school district and city provide many programs (too numerous to mention) for our youth during the summer and school year. Did he fail to see that the robberies occurred at 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.? Is it the school district and city's responsibility to provide programs at that time of night for our youth? He needs to direct his comments to the parents who allow their children out on the streets after curfew.